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4. “the tornado danced across the field” is an example of this type of language.

5. What is personification? $100

6. “his lips were like roses, his nose like a cherry” is an example of this type of language.

7. What is a simile? $200

8. “ Sally sells sea shells by the seashore” is an example of this type of language.

9. What is alliteration? $300

10. The Franks being captured by the Nazis just as the war was ending exhibits this literary element.

11. What is irony? $400

13. Referring to Stonewall Jackson in To Kill a Mockingbird is an example of this literary element.

14. What is an allusion? $???

15. This genre takes place in the future and uses scientific data or assumptions in the story.

16. What is science fiction? $100

17. Characters in this genre may solve a problem by using magic.

18. $200 What is fantasy?

19. This form of fiction is longer, has many characters and a complicated plot.

20. What is a novel? $300

21. The story becomes more complex in this part of the plot.

22. What is an rising action (complications)? $400

23. Dialogue in this genre reflects words and attitudes realistic to the time period.

24. $500 What is historical fiction?

25. Zeus might be the main character in this type of folklore.

26. $100 What is a myth?

27. Aesop’s fables had this clear purpose in mind.

28. $200 What is to teach a moral lesson?

29. “Knowledge of ordinary people” is the goal of this genre.

30. $300 What is folklore?

31. Exaggerated characters and heroic acts are features of this type of story.

32. $400 What are tall tales?

34. The brothers Grimm were among the first to write these down.

35. $??? What are fairy tales?

36. This is a short piece that deals with one topic; you will write many at DHS!

37. $100 What is an essay?

38. Using research or interviews, the author describes how a person affected society in this genre.

39. $200 What is a biography?

40. This genre reveals the whole of the author’s life.

41. $300 What is an autobiography?

42. The author writes about a specific incident or event in this form of writing.

43. $400 What is a memoir?

44. All non-fiction can be categorized by these two purposes.

45. $500 What is informative and literary?

46. The repetition of sound creates this poetic device.

47. $100 What is a rhyme?

48. Poetry with no regular pattern of rhyme or rhythm is referred to by this term.

49. $200 What is “free verse”?

50. These modern stories may have supernatural elements and typically happen to a friend of a friend.

51. $300 What are urban legends?

52. Words such as “black, wet, velvety night”; they appeal to the five senses.

53. $400 What is imagery?

54. These stories are based on fact; the people or situations may have actually existed.

55. $500 What are legends?

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57. “I never tell the truth” is an example of this.

58. What is a paradox?